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Water Based Coating Unit Cleaning Procedure
IPT Coating Unit Cleaning Procedure
This procedure applies to both standard roller coat systems along with Anilox coaters:
- Drain all remaining coating from coating pan, anilox chamber and all pipe work.
- For a coating change over, pump clean water through the unit for approximately 5 minutes.
- If a deep clean is required use either a 50:50 mix of water and IPT Emulsion Cleaner or pure IPT Emulsion Cleaner. Pump around the coating unit system for 20 minutes.
- Wash and wipe clean with a lint free cloth both, the blanket and steel roller.
- Clive Harper
Water Based Coating Trouble Shooting Guide
Water Based Coatings Trouble Shooting Guide.
Wetting: - Poor wetting can be the result of the following factors: -
- Pressure between blanket and impression cylinders
- High ink film weight
Excessive pressure between blanket and impression cylinder of the coating unit may result in inadequate wetting of the blanket cylinder, leading to a build-up of ink on this cylinder. This results in patches on the coated sheet where the ink build up is restricting the coverage. The obvious remedy in such cases is to reduce pressures to the bare minimum.
- Clive Harper
Inks & Printing Technologies Ltd (IPT) Appointed Authorized Pantone Distributor.
Adding to an already strong brand line up of Commercial Offset consumables IPT is now an official Pantone distributor.
Crawley, Sussex. (May 13, 2019) – As from May 1, 2019 IPT are now an official Distributor for Pantone LLC, offering the full range of Pantone products and services. IPT has been serving the Offset printing sector for over 10 years, supplying branded products from Van Son, Kinyo, KSL, Sun Chemical etc. Including Pantone in the product offering is a logical step forward and further enhances an already comprehensive product portfolio.
- Clive Harper
What is Pantone exactly?
Pantone provides a universal language of colour that enables colour-critical decisions through every stage of the workflow for brands and manufacturers.
- Clive Harper
Why and When to Update Your Pantone Guides & Books
If you haven’t updated your Pantone Guides and Chip Books for several years, you are likely to be viewing faded, yellowed, or otherwise inaccurate colour, meaning the colour that you’re looking at isn’t necessarily the same as what your customers are seeing – or the same as what will be produced. This can lead to a lot of extra rework, time, and money.- Clive Harper
How Pantone Colours Work
Each Pantone Matching System colour uses a unique coding scheme. This article will help you find which system and Pantone Colour number or name it is associated with.
- Clive Harper
